Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

न निवर्तति कालेन दामोदरपुरं व्रजेत् । करोत्यनशनं यश्च नरो नार्यथवा पुनः । सर्व लोकानतिक्रम्य स हरेर्गेहमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

na nivartati kālena dāmodarapuraṃ vrajet | karotyanaśanaṃ yaśca naro nāryathavā punaḥ | sarva lokānatikramya sa harergehamāpnuyāt

Translation

Dia tidak kembali lagi menurut putaran waktu; dia menuju kota Dāmodara. Sesiapa—lelaki atau perempuan—yang melakukan anasana (berpuasa sepenuhnya), melampaui segala loka, akan mencapai kediaman Hari sendiri.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• nivartati: returns
• nivartati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni√vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘returns/turns back’

• kālena: by time / with time
• kālena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; हेतौ/करणे—‘by/with time’

• dāmodara-puram: Dāmodara’s city
• dāmodara-puram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāmodara (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘दामोदरस्य पुरम्’

• vrajet: should go
• vrajet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should go’

• karoti: does / performs
• karoti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• anaśanam: fasting (complete abstinence)
• anaśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anaśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘fasting (not eating)’

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘woman’ (elliptically coordinated with naraḥ)

• athavā: or
• athavā: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: athavā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• punaḥ: again / also
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति/पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (again/also)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘all’—lokān इति विशेषणम्

• lokān: worlds
• lokān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• atikramya: having transcended
• atikramya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati√kram (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund): ‘having crossed/overstepped’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अन्वय—‘he’

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• geham: abode/house
• geham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: geha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: would attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘would attain’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim (man or woman) performing complete fasting at a sacred spot of Vastrāpatha, mind fixed on Dāmodara; above, a luminous path through successive worlds culminating in Hari’s radiant city (Vaikuṇṭha-like).

Characters & Entities

• Dāmodara
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intense devotion expressed through disciplined fasting is portrayed as a direct path to Hari’s supreme abode beyond worldly return.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dāmodarapura (the divine city associated with Dāmodara) within the Prabhāsa/Vastrāpatha sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anaśana: undertaking complete fasting as a vrata, stated to be open to both men and women.